Chapter 131
Chapter 131
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 131
Chapter Title: Can I Visit Adrian?
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[Isekai Destruction Gallery]
[Title: Can I Visit Adrian?]
(Selfie gif from the bustling Kellarton Square)
I'm the anon who moved to Kellarton on the migration meta, but my hometown is Adrian.
Wanna take a trip there just for fun—how's the situation? Safe to visit?
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- Yeah, come on if you wanna die
- That's what it says on the tombstone?
- Golden Goblin event? Sounds good
- (You're welcome anytime! Bandit con)
Adrian's current situation wasn't great.
Corruption had festered and burst, leaving all institutions dysfunctional.
It was a transitional phase, with Hero Darien cutting out the rot.
"Well, it does seem like it's getting better..."
But the changes were too radical.
Even rats bite when cornered.
- Holy shit, the screams just won't stop
- First time seeing a guillotine blade snap
ㄴ But you're good with that, right?
ㄴ Heh heh
The guillotine never rested.
Dozens of officials were executed daily.
Adrian's tradition of bribes and connections failing led to backlash.
- Breaking: Adrian Emperor taken hostage
ㄴ ? No way, for real?
ㄴ Who's the perp?
ㄴ Court Mage
ㄴ (This real? Peasant con)
In the end, the cornered court mage took the emperor hostage in the audience chamber!
- So now what?
ㄴ ...?
ㄴ What?
ㄴ Taking the emperor hostage—what's the plan? Nowhere to run?
But the audience chamber was at the top of Adrian's palace.
Knights surrounded it on all sides.
No escape anywhere—it was just a matter of time.
- Boom!
The problem was that Helian was a mage.
He planned to fly straight into the air and escape.
- Uh shit, how do we catch that?
- Can't we just shoot him down?
ㄴ With the emperor held hostage? Yeah right
No way to stop an aerial escape.
"No, it's not like there's no way at all."
Dragon Will Die: Do you require my assistance, my liege?
Judak*: Oh perfect
Of course, our paddaks could handle an air unit easily.
The issue was...
Judak*: But can we kill just Helian without hurting the emperor?
Dragon Will Die: ^^
Judak*: Heh heh
Couldn't kill just Helian.
He was using the emperor as a shield, pressed right up against him.
Any threat, and he could easily take the emperor with him.
Dragon Will Die: Humans have short lifespans anyway, my liege.
Dragon Will Die: Or is that little emperor necessary for your amusement?
Vampire About to Die: Yeah, lizard's right. No negotiating with criminals
Above all, these paddaks saw no need to keep the emperor alive.
"Seeing them like this really drives home how inhuman they are."
I chat with them often, so it slips my mind, but to them, humans are no different from ants.
Couldn't expect help from the paddaks this time.
Judak*: Nah, I'll handle it myself
So I stepped in personally.
"Hmm, tricky."
Helian was a court mage, after all.
First, needed physical force to pierce his magic barrier.
Second, speed beyond a mage's perception.
Finally, a weapon precise enough to kill only him, avoiding the emperor.
Dragon Will Die: Does such magic exist?
Judak*: Yeah
[Shop/Guns/Sniper Rifles]
[AW] - Starts at 150p
[M24] - Starts at 300p
[TRG] - Starts at 440p
[SR-25] - Starts at 450p
.
.
"Yeah, brother."
Surprisingly, weapons that could do it cost just a few hundred points.
Back in the early days, even that price made my hands shake before buying...
[Purchased AWM!]
Now I was rich enough in points to buy without checking the price.
"Okay, bought it, but..."
Who to give it to?
Couldn't hand it to a civilian.
Knights could learn it fast, but that had issues too.
"No telling where he'll bolt to."
That's why I hadn't flooded the market with guns.
Guns could kill mages outright.
If the user had bad intentions, killing was trivial.
So using guns required solving the loyalty issue.
"Anyone like game units who obey my every word and guard it with their life?"
Basically, units that drop dead at my command.
But this wasn't a game—who'd follow me unconditionally?
"There are."
There were.
[Messaging 'Collin']
The cult anons who'd built Juddak Church over the cathedral.
They were an elite group of cathedral knights.
Judak*: Hey
Contacting them gathered in front of the audience chamber, their fierce faces turned to shock.
"L-Lord Judak!"
They reflexively knelt but barely held back their worship.
Direct worship meant a ban.
Quick on the uptake, they closed relays and stared at my chat.
Waiting for my word.
[Delivered 'AWM' to Collin]
I magicked a gun to Collin among them.
"This is?"
It looked like a normal gun.
But longer barrel, much longer body.
"Shall we breach with this?"
No anon didn't know guns.
Collin asked with realization, but I meant the opposite.
Judak*: No
Judak*: Take that and get outside the castle now
Time to get distance from the scene.
*
A mage's perception surpasses normals.
Instant reaction to any threat.
"Is this far enough?"
Collin, sniper wrapped in cloth, was down in the castle courtyard.
Anons knew guns hit far after seeing the power.
'But isn't this too close?'
Helian in the distance looked ant-sized.
Judak*: Nah, go farther
But the reply was negative.
"Urgh..."
Collin went out to the streets beyond the castle.
Now Helian was tiny.
Even to knight eyes.
"Lord Judak, surely now..."
Judak*: Nah, farther
Still negative.
Collin's mind grew complicated.
'How far exactly?'
This much faith in me?
He recalled Darien's jealous glare at those envious looks.
With Darien gone, he'd been picked as replacement.
No room for failure.
Honestly, he couldn't even see Helian now.
Judak*: Ok good now
Only after reaching the market district did Judak approve.
Collin climbed a building roof, unwrapped, mounted on bipod as instructed.
Then stretched prone.
Knights could dodge arrows with some probability.
Mastering this and gun handling was trivial.
"...Will this even work?"
Too far, wasn't it?
Far enough to be another district outside combat zone.
But he didn't question directly.
Had anything Judak done ever been normal?
Judak*: Now look through the scope once
Judak*: Check if you see clearly
"Yes."
He swallowed doubts, brought eye to the tiny thing.
"...!"
Helian was visible.
Not vaguely.
Crystal clear, like right in front.
Even the shape of his long beard.
"H-How?"
Collin was a knight, not ignorant of magic.
He knew magic enhanced casters' bodies.
But enhancing others'? Never heard.
Especially not this insanely.
Judak*: Ok good
Judak*: This close, no need for calculations?
"This is close...?"
Completely out of the castle.
If this was close, how far could it reach?
Collin shivered.
Just decide, and take lives from beyond perception.
"And he just gave it to me..."
Judak handed it over casually.
Like this magic was nothing.
Collin steadied breath, tensed body with complex feelings.
Then lightly pulled the trigger.
-Bang.
Helian dropped with a small sound.
Judak*: Good job solid
And done.
The whole fiasco ended with a finger twitch.
"Uh..."
Stunned, he froze, then returned the sniper to Judak.
"That's it?"
A court mage of an empire.
So anticlimactic, Collin blinked blankly on the spot.
*
[Title: Wait what?]
(Clip of Helian collapsing)
(Clip of knights entering audience chamber in bewilderment)
It's over?
What even happened?
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- Not moving? Dead fr?
- Rewound still no clue
ㄴ Nah look close something flies in
ㄴ Shit noticed on 5th watch what is that??
Helian, fine one second, slumped like a cut puppet.
Onlooker anons realized death only after seeing delayed blood.
- Still a court mage tho
- Post up. Sniper rifle?
ㄴ From market street outside castle yy
ㄴ No fucking way
ㄴ ? Bullshit
"Killing always feels off, no matter how often."
Helian sacrificed many to climb that high.
No sympathy, but not pleasant.
"Is the emperor okay?"
More than that, emperor was only 8.
"Won't get trauma at that age."
Emperor or not, elementary school kid.
Guy right next to him died—big worry.
[Title: Judak made Grand Duke lol]
But surprisingly fine.
No, calm.
"Grand Duke? What's that?"
Clicked new concept post out of curiosity.
[Title: Judak made Grand Duke lol]
(Clip of emperor looking unfazed)
(Clip of on-spot appointing Judak Grand Duke)
Thought he'd freak or something, but too chill
Then declares Grand Duke title as reward for saving life ㄷㄷ;
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- Huh? Sudden?
- Grand Duke even exist before?
ㄴ Fr wasn't Duke the top?
ㄴ Lol made on spot?
"What the hell."
Sure, past gratitude led to title offers.
But usually informed me, asked permission.
This outright appoint? First time.
"Don't really need it?"
No interest in Grand Duke whatever.
About to comment refusal.
[Title: Will tell Grand Duke Judak]
Author: Muffin
My first order as emperor
Mutant orc horde rampaging near border now
Go exterminate the orcs and report back to me
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- ?
- What now...
- Judak your buddy?
- Judak*) ?
ㄴ Lmao Judak baffled
ㄴ Lol you're Grand Duke now obey ㅋㅋ
ㄴ (Shrugging elf con)
Freshly emperor kid suddenly granting me title and orders.